Go Ahead for Women's March
Socialist Organiser1982 1982-04-01Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 16 →
Read from the scan by machine and not corrected: expect misread words, and now and then a caption or a line from a neighbouring story. For anything you quote, read the scan.
Scan page 16
make clear the division of mobilising - in Coventry responsibility between the eight coaches have been Party (organising a Festival) booked for June 5. AFTER nearly a year's preparation and pressure on the labour movement to call a national demonstration, the Action Committee for a Woman's Right to Work took the decision on Monday 29 to call a march in conjunction with the Labour Party's women's festival in June.
The following day, a joint statement was agreed with Joyce Gould, the Labour Party's National Women's Officer, who is organising the Festival. The statement was drawn up to and the Committee "supporting march as part of the day's events").
The statement ends: «The march will be timed to compiement the Labour Party Women's Festival, and Is envisaged as part of the whole day's demonstration for women's rights. We hope as many people as possible will support these events, and make June 5 an effective and memorable day of protest."
We've got two months to make the march a success. Some areas are _ already Now it's all hands to the pump. If your organisation has already sponsored a march in principle, make sure that action is taken now - write to the Action Committee confirming support for the march, get leaflets out, book transport, and if possible get a donation sent to the Action Committee, which will be looking for about £5,000 to finance the project!
In the London area, offer your help - join the Action Committee. Anyone can come to the meetings, which are every Monday at County Hall, Waterloo, at 7.15. And we'll need help to staff an office which we've been offered to centralise organisation for the march.